Decoding of abbreviations in the process of translation

Modern English has a relatively new and highly productive way of word formation – abbreviation. The reduction itself, as a popular way of forming morphological neologisms in recent decades, reflects the tendency to rationalize language.

Continuous increase in the vocabulary of the language is a prerequisite for the rationalization of language, saving nominative and word-formation efforts. A striking example of the rationalization of speech activity and optimization of language-forming processes is the phenomenon of reduction of lexical units. In our information-rich world, there is less and less time for communication and correspondence. As paradoxical as it may sound, the more information a person has, the more ways he or she seeks to reduce and convey it in a concise form.